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THE MORNTXG OEEGOXIAN. TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1916. ! MONTENEGRO BOWS TO POWERFUL FOE Austria's Demand for Uncon ditional Surrender Is Ac cepted, Says Berlin. BUILDING TOWER OF BISCUITS FOR BRITISH IN BALKANS. SOLDIERS LAY DOWN ARMS Joyful Shoots Rise In Hungarian I Parliament When Count Tlsza, Announces Defeat of One of Balkan State. Allies. BjSRLIN'. Jan. 17. The King and th government of Montenegro on January 13 asked a cessation of hostilities and opening of peace negotiations, it was officially announced today by Austro- Uungarian heaedquarters today. The Austro - Hungarian government replied to Montenegro that peace nego tiations were only possible if .the Montenegrin army unconditionally laid down its arms, the headquarters state men, as received here from Vienna, says. The Monenegrin government. adds the statement, yesterday accepted trie Austrian conditions. "Montenegro asks for peace," said Count Tisza in the Hungarian Parlia- ment The proceedings under the firs paragraph of the order of the day had Just been completed when Count Tisza asked permission to interrupt the dis cussion. He said that the King and government of Montenegro had asked the inauguration of peace negotiations. The announcement caused a great commotion In Parliament. "We asked tha beforehand Monte nesro unconditionally lay down her arms." continued the Premier. Joyful aehouts followed this state ment. "Just at this moment," continued tha Premier, "tha news has arrived that the unconditional laying down of arms has been accomplished. "Since the preliminary condition has been fulfilled." added the Premier, "peace negotiations will be entered Into immediately." MEDFORD GIRL IS INJURED Caroline Andrews One of Many Vic tims of Train 'Wreck. SIOUX CITT. la.. Jan. 17 An 1111 rois Central passenger train jumped the track today near Gaza. I and four persons were seriously hurt and a ecore injured. The accident occurred as the train was approaching a bridge over a creek. The baggage car is believed to have first Jumped the track pulling the other five cars from the track. Miss Caroline Andrews, of Modford. Or., a member of an opera company, vat among those slightly injured. Sev enteen others of the opera company were injured, the only one seriously liurt being Phil Bronson, of New York. ieorge Walker, of Cherokee. Ia., and o. G. Page, conductor of the train, were injured internally and may die. : RARRARITY CIIRVFY DFWIFn ; Belgian Cardinal Says Audience With I'onc Ia Only on Church. ROME, Jan. 17. Cardinal Mercier. the Belgian Primate, maintains tho strict est reserve regarding a big bundle of papers which he took with him today when the Pope received bim in private audience and which he left with His Holiness. "Merely ecclesiastical matters" was all the cardinal would say in reply to questions regarding these papers. One report was that the documents con tained a village-to-village survey of present conditions li Belgium and of alleged continued German barbarities. Cardinal Mercier passed just one hour viith the Pope, and then passed a sec ond hour with Cardinal Gasparri. sec retary of state of the Vatican. y I ii-- a . - ill nil r Ill US'-Y' Vr- A e - 'III B 1 I f y . -i ftw 1-. . 1 1 I I iuT ." i jJ, a J I 1. Ji ill 111-.- . v-ttr-srr :' t.c .1 III I ill Photograph by Underwood. II! I Immense quantities of this staff I All Mail Orders Promptly and Carefully Filled at Clearance Sale Prices. Express and Parcel Post Packages Prepaid on $5.00 Purchases Store Opens Daily at 8:30 A. 51. On Saturdays 9:00 A. H. Pacific Phon Marshall 5080 The Most in Value The Best in Quality Store Closes Daily at 5:30 P. M. On Saturdays 6:00 P.M. Home Phone A 2112 Every Section of This Store Is Teeming with Interest Just Now! Annual- Jsmuary Closiirsince Ssil Only a few more days before stock-taking;, and all lines must be reduced to the lowest possible limit. Be sure that you take advantage. The determination to start our new business year on February 1st with fresh, clean stocks in every department has urged us to make a vigorous reduction of prices. No consideration to the original and present worth of the goods has .been shown. Domestic Goods The Careful-Buying Housekeeper's Opportunity for Great Savings in the Purchasing Damask, Sheets, Spreads, Pillow Cases, Etc These Items for Example: of Toweling, TOXVIES PILING CASKS AT SAXOXIKI. The biscuit of the British corresponds to tho hardtack of the United States. of life are shipped regularly to all the war fronts. Absorbent Twill Toweling Clearance Sale price, yard 6 Cotton Toweling, with red and blue border, on sale at, yard Sip Brown Linen-Mixed Towelinsr reduced to. yard 10J All-Linen Crash Toweling, 17-inch width, priced at, yard 15 All-Linen Crash Toweling, 1114 -inch width, priced at, yard lc Mercerized 60-inch Table Damask reduced to, yard 45 $ Bleached Linen 70-inch Damask reduced to, yard 59c Bleached All-Linen 66-inch Damask reduced to, yard..... 75 Full-size $1.75 White Bed Spreads reduced to, each........ $1.48 Full-size $3.50 Satin Bed Spreads reduced to, each. $2.95 Initial Pillow Cases, 45x36 inches, 40c grade, at, each 25 Bleached Bath Towels of good size, 50c grade at, each 39 Bleached Bath Towels, extra heavy, 60c grade, at, each 48 Pillow Slips, 42x36 inches, 12 grade, at, each 10? Pillow Slips, 42x36 inches, 15c grade, at, each .12 Bleached Sheets, 72x90 inches, 50c grade, at, each...... 42 Linen Finish 76x90-inch Sheets, 70c grade, at, each. 59 GERMANS ARE FINED Violation of American Cus toms Laws Is Admitted. and South Carolina in his list of dread noughts becauso of the power of their 12-inch guns, but remarked that their maximum trial speed was less than 19 knots as against 20 knots for the first German dreadnoughts. ACCUSED WOMAN IS ILL FILING TIMEJS EXTENDED Coos County Coal Ijinds I'ndcr Snow, Claimants cGt Chance. OREUONIAN" NKWS BURKAXT, Wash ington, Jan. 17. On recommendation of Jtrpresentative Sinnott, the Land Com missioner has instructed the local land officers at Roseburg to allow claimants tv ho have filed on coal lands in Coos County until July 1 to submit final proof. Before claimants can file final proof, they must pu?t their lands, but the lands in question, on which proof is now due. are covered with deep snow and posting cannot be done until Spring. SENATOR BRADY IMPROVING Idaho Staesinan Leaves House and Plans to rt to Florida. OREGONLVN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Jan. 17. Senator Brady, of Idaho, has improved steadily tha past few days and yesterday was able to 1-ave his house for the first time since UiM-ember 4. Tie hopes to be sworn in tomorrow or Wednesday, and plans to leave for f'alra Beach. Florida, about Saturday. Seattle Arrests Are Fewer. SEATTLE. Jan. IT. During the first 1 days of January the police made 468 arrests, as compared with 74 during the corresponding period of December. There have been 31 arrests for viola tion of the prohibition law. Five Burned; Three Missing. BRANDON". Manitoba. Jan. 17. Five girls were badly burned or otherwise enouly Injured and three other em ployes, a man and two girls, are miss ing as a result of the fire which swept the Syndicate block here today with a loss of 3ii.lX0. Hill Would Increase Cadets. WASHINGTON". Jan. 17. A bill to Increase the number of annual appoint ments of midshipmen to the Xayal Academy to approximately 1400 was introduced today by Chairman Padgett, of the House Naval committee. Prominent Insurance Man Dies. BLOOMINGTON". 111., Jan. 17. Kern Beatn. atfed 4S, a prominent insurance man. was found dead In his garage from pelromortls. To Car A 4M ta Oaa Day. TtXm UUTirt BROW O ql 1-NLNg Takleu. Drag-ruts rfa&d voov If It falls te care. & w. it uuua ia Conspiracy to Ship Contraband Rub- tier to Fatherland Leads to Pun ishment of Five, of Whoiu Two Arc Naturalized. NEW YORK. Jan. 17. Edward Weber. Paul Schmidt, Max Jaeger and Richard Wohlberg, accused in a Fed eral indictment of conspiracy to ship contraband rubber to the German gov ernment in violation of the customs laws, pleaded guilty today and were fined. A plea of guilty was also entered in behalf of the Rubber and Ouayule Agency, of this city, which was also indicted. Mrs. Annie Dekkers, another defendant, was too 111 to be in court and will plead later. Judge Clayton imposed on Jaeger a fine of $1500, on Weber and Schmidt fines of $750 each, on Wohlberg $100 and upon the Guayule Agency $50. Jaeger was the leading spirit in the conspiracy. He was commissioned, it was alleged, by Albert Weber, a Ber lin banker, who ia in charge of the German government's rubber control, to come to this country and secure rub ber for Germany. Mrs. Dekkers is a native of Holland. A plan was for her to make trips to Holland, carrying rubber as personal baggage. Jaeger and Wohlberg are naturalized citizens of the United States and Schmidt has taken out his first papers. AMERICAN NAVY THIRD GERWAKY SECOND AT BEGINNING OP EIROrEAV WAR. Secretary Daalela Statement Coaflieta With Tbat at Mr. Kltcbla; Preseatt Data Nat Available. WASHINGTON". Jan. 17. How the United States ranked third among the world's naval powers at the beginning of the European war, when data on foreign fleets ceased to be available, is explained In a lettetr from Secre tary Daniels, made public tonight by Representative Madden, of Illinois. Mr. Madden had called attention to a state ment -by Representative Kitcbin. the House majority leader, who is oppos ing the new Navy programme, declared that the records showed the American fleet was auperioir to that of any na tion except England. The Secretary said that England had on August 14, 1914. 4s dreadnoughts. Germany :S. the Cnited States 14. France 13 and Japan eight. The United States now has 19 dreadnoughts in commission, building or authorized. In a technical explanation of the relative merits of tha 13-inch guns on American predreadnoughta and the tnch modern guns on ships of the Wy oming class, he pointed out that the 13-lnch guns of the ships of the Ala bama class had an extreme range of i:.650 yards, or less than half the range of the U-inch rifles with which the Wyoming and later ships were equipped. The Secretary included the Michigan 'SON' RENEWS ESTATE SUIT Sllngsby Legitimacy Suit Reopened in London by San Francisco Man. LONDON. Jan. 17. In the court of appeals today there was reopened the Slingsby legitimacy suit, which is based on the claim ot Lieutenant Charles K. Sllngsby, of San Francisco, to the Eng lish fortune and estates in Yorkshire of the late Rev. Charles Slingsby. The case involves the question whether an Infant born in San Francisco and de clared to be the lawful son of Charles R. Slingsby and his' wife, Dorothy, is the rightful successor to the estates. All of today's session was taken up by Sir Edward Carson, counsel for Lieutenant Slingsby's brother, who is the appellant. Sir Kdward went over much the same ground as was covered during the pre vious trial. He decided that the story of Mrs. Slingsby was a "tissue of false hoods," and asserted that she had de ceived her husband. TURKS LOSE TWICE CHAPIN BUYS TWO PAPERS Newark Properties of cx-Scnator Smith Bring $235,000. NEWARK. N. J.. Jan. 17. William Wallace Chapin. widely known as an editor and publisher, bought at auction today the Newark Evening Star and the Newark Morning Eagle, formerly owned by ex-Senator James Smith, Jr., who recently wbb declared bankrupt. The consideration was $235,000. Mr. Chapin formerly was connected with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and conducted the San Francisco Call. British Rout Foe in Mesopo tamia; Russians in Caucasus. prominent member of Omlcron Kappa Pi fraternity. At Cornell he joined the Schi Psi. Both were active football players, but this seems to have been their only sport, this and automobile speeding. , Herbert was frequently seen around the cheap West Side theaters, where he waa friendly with soubrettcs and chorus girls. Tijuana track, one portion of which is built nearly to the river bed. The Tijuano flood ia said to be the worst since 1885. NO HAIRCUT WAGER HOLDS SULTAN'S TROOPS RETREAT Barnard College Gets $100,000. NEW ORK. Jan. 17. A gift of $100, 000 to be known as tho Talcott founda tion, and to be used for religious in struction, has been received by the trustees of Barnard College from James Talcott. Henry Semple Ames Dies at 35. ST. LOUIS, Jan. 17. Henry Semple Ames, vice-president of the Mississippi Valley Trust Company, died here to day of pneumonia. He belonged to clubs in St. Louis, now iorK, oeaiwe ana Helena, Mont. He was 35 years old. Fall on Sidewalk Kills Editor. CHICAGO. Jan. 17. Charles Dwyer, 58 years of age. editor of the Woman's . - i j j ..-nil Irnnwn a u an firiitar Of n vi m uu " " journals for women, slipped and fell on a sidewalk nere touay ana aiea a w minutes later. HOW IRELAND HAS RESPOND ED TO CALL TO COLORS. LONDON. Jan. 10. The exclu sion ot Ireland from compulsory service led to a request for the numbers of the men available for military service and of those actually recruited in that coun try. This information was given in the House of Commons. The men between 19 and 41 years of age available for military service in the four provinces of Ireland on August 15 and the enlistment to December 15 last were approximately aa follows: Available. Enlisted. Leinster 174.597 27,458 Ulster (anti-home-rule province) ..1S9.489 49.760 Munster li,637 14.190 Connaught 81,39: 3.589 Totals .562.115 94,997 Allies Advance on Kut-el-Amar Following Victory Constantino ple and Berlin Report Gains for Czar's Forces. LONDON", Jan. 17. Announcement was made in the House of Commons today that tho Turkish forces in Me sopotamia have fallen back to within six miles of Kut-el-Amara. The announcement was made by J. Austen Chamberlain. Secretary for India, who said the Turks had re treated as the result of another British victory. The Turkish positions at Waddi, he said, were carried on Satur day by the British. The announcement followed official reports given out by Berlin and Con stantinople that the Russian forces had inflicted a setback on the Turks in the Caucasus region. "The recent operations in . Mesopo tamia. including the advance to Ctesi phon, were considered and approved by the war council, said Mr. Chamberlain. "On the 11th Inst. I announced to the House that the enemy had retreated to Essian, six miles east of Kut-el-Amara. He apparently advanced again on the 12th to the Waddi position. Since then we have received telegrams from Gen erals Townsend and Aylmer up to the morning of the 16th. "General Aylmer reports that the operations were seriously hampered throughout by weather. The water is reported to be bad. All the wounded have been sent down the river. BERLIN. Jan. 17. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) After delaying for week the advance of strong Russian forces in the Caucasus, the Turks have withdrawn their advanced posts sever al miles at some points, according to the Turkish official statement of to day, received here from Constantinople. The statement follows: - "In the .Caucasus, the Russians re peated their attacks against Turkish positions on both banks of the A rasa. suffering heavy loss, especially in the district between the Arasa and the Inld Valley. Here Turkish advanced posts retired some kilometers after having delayed strong enemy forces for one week. CONSTANTINOPLE, via London. Jan. 17. A Turkish army headquarters statement issued today says: "Intermittent artillery fighting near Kut-E -Amara continues. "The enemy yesterday continued his attacks against our positions north and south of the Arasa River. In the Cau casus sector our troops were obliged to retreat some kilometers. WOULD-BE SLAYERS HELD Continued From First Pagfr. Neither of the boys ever did any sort of work toward supporting themselves. They are typical "idle rich" sons, al- wa v minnlie with Dlentv Of money and permitted to spend it as they de sired. The father had "been resentful to wards Irving, accusing him of leading Herbert Into a fast life. Herbert at tended Cornell University and is a BOWL FIGHTS ABOLISHED Pennsylvania Decides to Have No More Contests, Following Fatality. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 17. Accident al death due to suffocation was the verdict of the Coroner's jury today in the case of William C. Lifson, a Uni versity of Pennsylvania freshman who was killed in the bowl fight last Wednesday. Lifson, who was 17 years old. lived at Elizabeth, N. J. Dr. Edgar Smith, provost of the uni versity, testified at the inquest that the bowl fights had been actual scrim mages for more than 50 years, and that this was the first time- there had been a serious accident. Provost Smith announced that it had been decided by the students and faculty to abolish all class fights at the university. St. Paul Man With Tawny Mane Will Follow Turk's Example. ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan. 11. William A. Fishbach has undertaken not to have his hair cut till the European war ends. Shaking his tawny mane, Fishbach says the Turks defending Constanti nople have nothing on him. Fishbach has not had a haircut for a year. He has a wager, he says, that he will go unshaven till peace is restored. Brigadier-General Graham Is Dead. WASHINGTON, Jan. 17. Brigadier General William W. Graham, U. S. A. retired, 81 years old, died today at the home of his daughter at Waldour, near Annapolis. Md., of pneumonia. He was Bell-am s Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25c at all (Jrugsists. a native of this city, and retired from the Army in 1898. M. Miehelidkls Is Solo Candidate. PARIS, Jan. 16. A Havas dispatch from Athens says it is considered cer tain that when the Chamber of Dep uties assembles, January 24, M. Mieh elidkls, Minister of Public Instruction and Public Works, will be the solo can didate for the Presidency. Man Frozen to Death In Omalia. OMAHA. Jan. 17. Owen O'Malley. aged 40 years, was found frozen to death In a barn in South Omaha today. PRUSSIAN DIET IS STORMY Socialists Interrupt Discussion Witli Reform Demands. AMSTERDAM, via London, Jan. 17. The discussion of the budget in the Prussian diet today gave rise to dis orderly scenes, owing to interruptions by Dr. Karl Liebknecht and other So cialists, and to conflicting opinions ex pressed by members of different parties on the question of reform of the elec toral law. Herr Hirsch, Socialist, said: "We demand the re-establishment of the complete independence of Belgium. If the enemy governments are not yet ready to listen to demands for peace their attitude is in marked contrast to the feeling prevailing among the dif ferent peoples who everywhere are de manding peace. We demand electoral reform on behalf of women and. above all, secrecy of the ballot." CHECK ON FARE RISE ASKED Nebraska Attorney Seeks Injunction on Seven Railways. LINCOLN. Neb.. Jan. 17. Application for an injunction against the seven railways doing business in Nebraska today was filed with the NeDraska Supreme Court by Attorney-General Willis Reed. The Injunction is requested to pre vent any action the railroads may be contemplating toward reverting to the S-cent passenger fare in the state. The court has taken the application under consideration. GALE SWEEPS CALIFORNIA (Continued From First Pate.) days of steady rain have transformed the San Diego and Tijuana rivers Into raging torrents, the rapidly rising waters compelling hundreds of persons in the lowlands to abandon their homes. Mission Valley, through which the San Diego River courses, is inun dated for miles, while the flood waters of the Tijuana River have threatened the new racing track of the Lower California Jockey Club and submerged many homes at San Isldro, a few miles south of this city. A force of hundreds of men is work ing desperately in an effort to save tiic ADVANCE in TIRE PRICES Owing to the largely increased cost of raw materials, we are compelled to advance our prices 10 on the standard sizes of Goodrich Automo bile Tires and Tubes, also on Good rich Wireless Truck Tires, Good rich Motorcycle Tires and Tubes and Goodrich Automobile Rubber Accessories, effective at once. Occasional or odd sizes of Goodrich Automobile Tires and Tubes ad vanced as will be shown on our new price list. Despite the marked advances made by others, we have held to a con servative increase, in line with our policy to maintain Fair -Listed Prices for the user. t THE B. F. GOODRICH CO. Akron, Ohio 15 North Broadway Portland, Oregon